Fuel Prices!

h57xiucj2z946q

Are they ever going to stop increasing?

Going through Carrigboy on the way to Athlone, petrol was at 1.35. Thats the highest I've seen petrol at so far this year. I don't recall what diesel was at. Im sure others have seen higher prices elsewhere also.

If Athlone had a proper public transport system, I could consider selling my car.

Rant, moan etc..

Steve_o

Its nearly €1.80 AFAICR in that statoil in the quays in Dublin...



PS: theeeeyy ttttuuuukkkk uuuurrrr jjoooobbbsss

dr.bollocko

Crude just hit a new record of $145 a barrel.
So no. Prices may be up for a while.
Sucks.
Particularly if you just bought a car with a bigger engine than its predecessor.
Moan mumble groan
GREAT RISING CRIES OF ANGERRRRRRR!!!!

keen

Stay away from Topaz ten cent dearer per litre then a lot of the other smaller garages.

h57xiucj2z946q

My car is only a 1.4L so its not too bad.

I remember €40 worth of petrol used to fill the tank. Now it could possibly take €60 worth of petrol.


Grobble grobble grobble.

robinph

The ex-Statoil on the quays isn't quite as daft with it's pricing anymore, well in comparison to everywhere else.

Terry

Soluton: But a car with a 1 litre engine.
It's not like you can travel much faster than the speed limit on Irish roads anyway.

tuxy

Terry wrote: »

Soluton: But a car with a 1 litre engine.
It's not like you can travel much faster than the speed limit on Irish roads anyway.

Or adapt your driving style, I have a 2 litre celica. Driving it hard I get mid 20's mpg. But if I take it easy I get mid 30's.

robinph

tuxy wrote: »

Or adapt your driving style, I have a 2 litre celica. Driving it hard I get mid 20's mpg. But if I take it easy I get mid 30's.

All down to driving style according to Top Gear the other week. They raced a Prius around their track and had some BMW(?) following at the same speed, so an easy drive for that car, and the Prius had much worse mpg at the end of it due to it being driven by The Stig so right on the limit.

boogle

tuxy wrote: »

Or adapt your driving style, I have a 2 litre celica. Driving it hard I get mid 20's mpg. But if I take it easy I get mid 30's.

Mmmmm Driving it hard....

Sounds like fun

Sherifu

Coleman Mushy Poetess wrote: »

Are they ever going to stop increasing?

Probably not unless someone invents an oil making machine.

Sposs

Opec expect the price to hit $170 a barrel before the year is out so you will be looking at least another 10cent on top of the current prices.

Winters

Sherifu wrote: »

Probably not unless someone invents an oil making machine.

OR engines that run on alternative fuel.

By "alternative feul" i dont mean marijuana. But that would be awesome.

dr.bollocko

Imagine how cool the most polluted cities on earth would be then?
I'd never get anywhere in Bangkok.

chicoben

Highest I've seen is the Maxol in Artane @ €1.35.9, apple green has been the cheapest I've seen, Apparently theres one in ashbourne and it's €1.24

mikemac

Used to cost €6.50 to fill my scooter
Now it costs €7.20

dr.bollocko

Scooter???!!?!?!?!?!
It costs 60 quid to fill me car.
With your scooter.
jaysus.

javaboy

Terry wrote: »

you can travel much faster than the speed limit on Irish roads anyway.

Grab yer pitchforks! There's another one for the pyre

ART6

Revolution. That's what we need. Let's go invade the Arabs and take their oil off 'em. Oh, has that been done already? Ah well, back to the drawing board then:rolleyes:

Marcus.Aurelius

With George threatening everyone to bump up the price of oil for good ol Dick Cheney, don't expect much till the Nov election and then pray the democrats get in with their newbie-idiot senator over the decorated war hero republican.

God, if those morons get back in.

Wertz

Averaging €1.37.5 per litre of petrol in Dundalk, except for one or two stations...diesel at about 1.45 or more last time I noticed. The joys of living beside the border...at least I don't live over the border.
Of course this whole spike in oil prices is all down to my sh*tty luck...the day I got my full license and ran out to buy a 2lt coupe (replacing a 1lt shopping trolley) was the day the price of petrol started climbing from around the 1.18 mark. Typical of my luck, but meh, I enjoy driving, so the 80 quid or so a week is money I would have just blown on a nights drinking a few years back...

Bodhan

1.29.9 in real terms that's 1.30 a ltr in Mc Loughlins of Newbridge, it's 1.31 a ltr everywhere else around Newbridge.

Run_to_da_hills

micmclo wrote: »

Used to cost €6.50 to fill my scooter
Now it costs €7.20

That wouldn't even get me out of reserve :eek:

melekalikimaka

Sposs wrote: »

Opec expect the price to hit $170 a barrel before the year is out so you will be looking at least another 10cent on top of the current prices.

try 200dollars

its gonna blow everyone outta the water when it hits that by dec

joejoem

melekalikimaka wrote: »

try 200dollars

its gonna blow everyone outta the water when it hits that by dec

Ah thats nice, thanks.

mumhaabu

I spent the grand sum of €91 to fill my car at 129.9/litre it will get me 380 to 400miles if I take it handy or around 300 if I floor it. A mate of mine is now burning €145 of Diesel every four days, however he is selling everything, fired his 20 staff and himself and the missus and kids are moving to Queensland, Australia to start a new Fianna Fail free life.

CRAIG07

its 140.8 in Applegreen limerick, it the cheapest around

BubbleWrap85

Interesting to see some of the European Comparisons.........

http://www.aaireland.ie/petrolprices/

Also, Tesco are 128 for petrol, but sometimes they do a 5c off per litre thing so 123 is better

Why is it so much more expensive in the UK?

gurramok

keen wrote: »

Stay away from Topaz ten cent dearer per litre then a lot of the other smaller garages.

Not always true.

Topaz garages along with other brands will always nearly match a Tesco or Applegreen in their locality. (Finglas/Glasnevin for example, all garages nearly match the Tesco one)
So hint is if you don't like queuing at Tesco for example, go down the road to another garage and pay maybe 1c extra for the privilege of not queuing.

nhughes100

Looks like the price of oil is decreasing, now we only have to wait till Christmas for that to transfer to the fuel pumps, hard to believe how much some of you are paying for petrol, my c4 1.6hdi gets between 58-60 mpg. Around 65euro gets me 1000 km. Petrol maybe cheaper per litre but you get more bang for your buck with diesel.

Quazzie

I live 16 miles from work and I work 5 days a week and I use a tank-full (€70) to get to work and back. I don't drive anywhere at the weekend and I still have to fill up every Monday morning

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Pushing 1.50 in Berlin - but at least we got decent public transport!

robinph

micmclo wrote: »

Used to cost €6.50 to fill my scooter
Now it costs €7.20

I got a bit of a shock once the meter started reading €7 before it stopped on filling mine.

gurramok

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

I live 16 miles from work and I work 5 days a week and I use a tank-full (€70) to get to work and back. I don't drive anywhere at the weekend and I still have to fill up every Monday morning

That don't make sense

Its usually 9 miles to a litre for a typical car so you burn lets say 2 litres to work and another 2 litres back so thats 20 litres Mon-Fri which may cost you just about 27 quid at 1.35c a litre. (Maybe 35 quid for diesel)

Unless you have an old 80's Ford Escort or a Hummer drinking the petrol?

L1011

keen wrote: »

Stay away from Topaz ten cent dearer per litre then a lot of the other smaller garages.

Tesco Maynooth - 131.9c/litre
Topaz down the road here, 10 miles from a Tesco - 132.9c/litre
Topaz fuelcard max price - 132.04c/litre

did you mean "tenth of a cent dearer" by any chance? :rolleyes:

Mr. Presentable

Funny how when the price per barrell is going up it goes up immediately at the pumps, but when it is going down it takes months to reach the pumps

TestTransmission

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

I live 16 miles from work and I work 5 days a week and I use a tank-full (€70) to get to work and back. I don't drive anywhere at the weekend and I still have to fill up every Monday morning

What do you drive?A tank ?

Quazzie

jackncoke wrote: »

What do you drive?A tank ?

A Lexus IS 200. A sow on juice

Krsnik87

Drove my last car into the ground, ended up being lumbered with a punto. Hated it at the start then noticed I haven't put any petrol in it for 2 weeks tomorrow and I'm still above the red light!

The only way to deal with these prices is to stop buying so much of it, not gonna happen but I'm doing my part, next step, hybred/electric car if I can get my hands on one. Maybe even one of those modified desol (sp?) engines that take chip pan oil.

rocky25

Krsnik87 wrote: »

Maybe even one of those modified desol (sp?) engines that take chip pan oil.

Just imagine the size of the queues on a Friday outside your local chipper:rolleyes:

The Mafia would control the whole thing:cool:

We even have a chipper in Artane called the "Cosy Nostra" :P

Quazzie

Krsnik87 wrote: »

Drove my last car into the ground, ended up being lumbered with a punto. Hated it at the start then noticed I haven't put any petrol in it for 2 weeks tomorrow and I'm still above the red light!

The only way to deal with these prices is to stop buying so much of it, not gonna happen but I'm doing my part, next step, hybred/electric car if I can get my hands on one. Maybe even one of those modified desol (sp?) engines that take chip pan oil.

With the sh*tty greasy chip I get outta my local chippers I'd run my car for a week

mickdw

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

I live 16 miles from work and I work 5 days a week and I use a tank-full (€70) to get to work and back. I don't drive anywhere at the weekend and I still have to fill up every Monday morning

must be in stop start traffic to be using that much. Say 200 miles a week, thats 4 miles/litre or 18 mpg. About right for queing in traffic but otherwise its too much

Quazzie

mickdw wrote: »

must be in stop start traffic to be using that much. Say 200 miles a week, thats 4 miles/litre or 18 mpg. About right for queing in traffic but otherwise its too much

Its actually a decent fast road. I do push the car on a bit though because its mosty quiet road.